البرزخ (Soul Sleep) 2024
Video installation, 1 min 4 seconds, color, sound, plasma-cut aluminum, digital tablet
When I was a child, I believed that souls left our bodies when we slept. Thinking back to this memory, I wondered about the mythology behind this belief. "Al Barzakh" is the Arabic term for "purgatory", which is the liminal space where souls go to before the Day of Judgment. In some sects of Islam, it is also where souls go to when a human sleeps, wandering with others, only to return to their bodies before they wake up.
Video installation, 1 min 4 seconds, color, sound, plasma-cut aluminum, digital tablet
When I was a child, I believed that souls left our bodies when we slept. Thinking back to this memory, I wondered about the mythology behind this belief. "Al Barzakh" is the Arabic term for "purgatory", which is the liminal space where souls go to before the Day of Judgment. In some sects of Islam, it is also where souls go to when a human sleeps, wandering with others, only to return to their bodies before they wake up.
